Sec. 181.007.  NOTICE OF QUALIFYING PARTIES.  (a)  The secretary of state shall deliver to the authority responsible for having the official general election ballot prepared in each county written notice of the name of each party required to nominate by convention that qualifies to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot.
(b)  The notice shall be delivered at the same time as the secretary of state's certification of nominees for statewide and district offices for placement on the general election ballot.
(c)  The names of the nominees of a party required to nominate by convention may not be placed on the ballot without the notice.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.